Not What You Think!
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• &nb= sp; 1. Another man=92s trash<= /SPAN>
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•   4. Humor -- Job Secu= rity
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•   2. Not what you thi= nk!
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= Dear = Kevin,

Remember, you can hear the live broadcast of 48 Days to the Work You = Love and call Dan and Tim Knox with your questions (615.737.9986) (Toll Free 877.48DAYS2) each Sunday ni= ght from 6:00-9:00 PM CDT. The call letters are 99.7 FM in Tennessee or go= to Super Talk 99.7 WTN for direct Internet access. You ca= n also listen to any past shows via podcast. 48 Days to the Work You Love

Check out our new '48 Days Show Sponsors' down below!

If you=92d like to have us promote your business around the world on the 48= Days radio show and our other media connections, just shoot an email to media@48Days.com for the details. Ke= vin will give you an option to help you knock it outta the park.

=93No more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundanc= e and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.=94= -- Napoleon Hill

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P.S. We had scores of you join us for last Thursday's 48 Days Coaching Connection Tele-Conference call= that we...for the first time...opened up to the general public absolutely = free! The title was Supercharge Your Online Business and my special = guest was Tim Knox. We had an equal nu= mber of people email us saying they couldn't make the live call...and would= we sell the CD. Well, we'll do you better than that. In next week's newsle= tter, we'll give you a link where you can have the audio for...again...free= ! Stay tuned - -

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= 1. Another man=92s trash=20 <= /TD>
= A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had an enormous pil= e of wood chips on our property. (It's grown significantly since then.) Th= e tree services appreciate being able to dump the chips here and I have red= cedar chips to cover my nature trails, mulch trees, landscape new flower b= eds, etc.

Many of you have sent me additional ideas for turning someone else=92s tras= h into a useful product. Well, here=92s one that tops anything I=92ve hear= d lately. Linda Katz of Garden City, Kansas sells tumbleweeds all over the= world. Yes this is a weed that is a major nuisance to most inhabitants of= Western Kansas.

But, remember all those old westerns =96 where you would see the tumbleweed= blowing across the screen just as the bad guys were getting ready to attac= k the little town? Although Linda=92s venture started as a joke, she is no= w making about 30 sales a week, which at her listed prices, suggests she= =92s making $40-50,000 a year =96 selling a nuisance weed.
Prairie Tumbleweed Farm=

She has so many Japanese customers that she=92s now added a Japanese langua= ge section to the site. Movie and TV production companies in Britain, Finl= and, and the U.S. have ordered tumbleweed for props =96 including a $1,000 = order for Barney & Friends. Scientists have ordered tumbleweeds for resear= ch purposes. And yes, Linda guarantees that her tumbleweeds will "tumble" = when exposed to the wind.

I also heard about a guy who buys all the fabric scraps from an apparel com= pany and makes underwear for prison inmates. It appears he=92s a multimill= ionaire from that idea.

Okay, what idea is lurking right under your nose =96 waiting to be develope= d?

48 Days to Creative Income can help you shape that idea into = a real business. There are new sections on writing for income and how to u= se patents, trademarks and copyrights.

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= I, like many, talk about =93thinking outside the box.=94 Th= e principle is simply to do something unusual or unexpected =96 and perhaps= you=92ll reach a level of success you=92ve not hit before.

People like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison and Richard Branson are well kno= wn for coming up with unique solutions. The Post-It Note was first conside= red a mistake until someone recognized they could solve a common problem.
My son-in-law Nathan sent me this clip a few days ago. Here=92s an amazing= example of the power of thinking in a new way. I was blown away by this y= oung man=92s ingenuity =96 and am convinced I can use the model in a produc= tive way. He=92s extremely smart =96 but not in the obvious way. It=92s w= orth watching all the way through =96 it may unlock your great idea!

"The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing= with new eyes." -- Marcel Proust

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= Here=92s another great article by my radio co-host, Tim Knox= . Here Tim looks at what it takes to run =96 and enjoy =96 your own busine= ss. He says =93Not everyone is physically, emotionally or mentally equippe= d be an entrepreneur and even if you think you are at this moment, you coul= d be wrong in the long run.=94

He walks you through a simple quiz to gauge your entrepreneurial aptitude a= nd to choose the business that best suits you in this first part of a two-p= art series.

Next week Tim will continue this discussion and look at the remaining steps= in the process like finding a location, lining up relationships with vendo= rs and distributors, creating a marketing plan, hiring employees, and a few= other things that will help you get started.

"If you want something you have never had, be prepared to do somethin= g you have never done." - Author Unknown

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= 4. Humor -- Job Security=20 <= /TD>
= After being laid off from five different jobs in four months= , Jim was hired by a warehouse. But on his second day he lost control of th= e forklift and drove it off the loading dock.

Surveying the damage, the owner shook his head and said he=92d have to with= hold 10 percent of Jim's wages to pay for the repairs.

=93How much will it cost?=94 asked Jim.

=93About $4,500,=94 said the owner.

=93That's great!=94 exclaimed Jim. =93I=92ve finally got job secu= rity!=94

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